% acknowledgements

For whoever it may be concerned with the following acknowledgements, I decided on purpose to omit each explicit name of any of the friends involved, hoping that many people could recognize themselves in some of the words, visualizing them with memories, events and feelings we shared along the years.\\
I want to say thanks to \textit{you}, to have helped me in never settling with my achievements, rather always believing in me, to push me beyond my capabilities, and asking myself more and more. Thanks for having enlightened me, for having revived the fire of my curiosity in periods when I could not have managed it by myself.\\
Also, thanks to \textit{you} that, in our ups and downs due to my sometimes difficult personality, always stayed along my side, giving me the personal support I needed during my darkest moments, however never pretending to have anything in return.\\
Thanks to \textit{you}, constantly and historically with me. Thanks to have taught me to be resilient, to accept my weaknesses, and to simply, but invaluably, be present whatever the circumstance was.\\
Thanks to the Politecnico di Torino, in my beloved Turin. The years spent in its corridors and classrooms are a memory I will always bring with myself, and which I will always look back with nostalgia.\\
Thanks to Eurecom that, although the pandemic divided us, opened up new perspectives in me, challenging me outside my personal comfort zones, and clarifying my long-term objectives. Thanks to have given me the possibility to live a sparkling setting, with the most talented students, now friends, further motivating me to excel, and to set unprecedented ambitious goals.\\
Thanks to TotalEnergies, and in particular to all the friends of the Market Research Analysis team: you made these months unforgettable. A special thanks to my supervisor, mentor and friend, who has guided me in these months, and to my manager: a person of value, without whom this experience would not have been possible.\\
Finally, the most important acknowledgement goes to my family: \textit{Mamma}, my first motivator and supporter; \textit{Papà}, for having me taught to stay grounded, and to be self-critical; my grandparents, the ones still here with me, and the ones already foreseeing this moment long ago, to whom I dedicate this achievement.

